lqughborough



TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CNCERN:

ffm.

@nite-h" tang strtt IMP-Boven CLOTHES-LINE REEL;

elle tlgemlc lreferat fait these ettets @that mibmztkng gmt nf tigt same.'

Be it 1Known that I, RA E. LOUGHBORQUGH, of Pittsford, in the county of Monroe, and `State of New York, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Line Reel, or Spoolg'" and I do hereby declare'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference boing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in Which-f i Figure 1 is top view of my invention, o portion of the housing drum or case, C, being broken away, and. showing a portion of the line and'its attachment to the crank-shaft. v

Figure 2 is an end View of the same.

The nature of this invention will be understood by reference to the drawings and specification.

The supporting brackets B may be castseparate or connected together by cross-bars b, as shown in fig. 1, as may be desired'. If mode'separate they may be attached to a wooden stock, A, and that xed to a. post, or

-to the side ofa'building'or other convenient place. The' crank-shaft S is provided with a ratchet, r, and a pawl, a, is pivotedto the bracket B at that end of the spool or reel. 4 By means of the rachet and pawl the line may be'tightened to any desired extent after the line has been drawn out and the outer end fastened. The druni or lcase hangs loosely on the crank-shaft, and'simply acts as a covering for the line; but the brackets are so made that the crank-shaft may be inserted in its bearings or removed 'at any time; therefore, the line may bc woundup and taken inthe honse when not in use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire lto secure by LettersPatent, is-' l "As a new article of manufacture, the crank-reel for clothes lines, in combination with the ratchet r, pawla,

brackets B, and casing C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

y I RA E. LQUGHBOROUGH.

`Witnesses:

WM. S. Louenonouan, -A-:j .Bruni-ss 

